Başbakan Davutoğlu şeffaflık paketinde “kamu çalışanları ayrıldıktan sonra 2-3 yıl özelde kendi işleriyle ilgili çalışmasını” engelleyeceklerini açıkladı. Ancak zaten bunu ‘aynen’ düzenleyen bir yasa tam 34 yıldır var. Hiç uygulanmamış olsa da yasa, kuralı ihlal edenlere 6 aydan 2 yıla kadar hapis cezası öngörüyor.
ISTANBUL - Survival is the name of the game for households. Thousands of Turkish people resort to withdrawing cash from their credit cards, as they have no other means to obtain money to foot their bills. Cash withdrawals on credit cards have risen 22 percent to 5.1 billion Turkish Liras ($3.1 billion) in the first quarter of the year over the same period a year earlier.
ISTANBUL - The global crisis has bottomed out, according to Erkin Şahinöz, chief economist at Eczacıbaşı Securities in Istanbul. The US dollar will start to fall, while those investing in gold may suffer this year, Şahinöz says, adding that investors may start buying Turkish stocks provided they are able to ’forget that they have bought shares’ for the next 18 months
ISTANBUL - Shopping malls were a trend that started in the West and spread all over the globe like wildfire. However, during the mid-90s, shopping malls fell out of favor due to widening Internet utilization and rising concern over security and has paved the road to the birth of e-shopping
ISTANBUL- The Istanbul Stock Exchange stands wounded from the financial storm the world had to endure in 2008. Market capitalization fell to $118 billion from more than $288 billion since the start of the year. Investing in gold, Treasury bonds, the US dollar and the euro proved to be beneficial, though.
ISTANBUL - The global credit crunch is also affecting Turkish banks, as they restructure and try to curb borrowing. Banks expect to pay a spread of about 2 percent over the London Interbank Offered Rate, as lending from Europe becomes increasingly harder. Meanwhile, three executives of Akbank step down
ISTANBUL - The global credit crunch is also affecting Turkish banks, as they restructure and try to curb borrowing. Banks expect to pay a spread of about 2 percent over the London Interbank Offered Rate, as lending from Europe becomes increasingly harder. Meanwhile, three executives of Akbank step down